---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care coverage: medical advice services."
description: "Health care coverage: medical advice services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 285"
citation: "California AB 285 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care coverage: medical advice services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "1999-02-04"
last_action: "1999-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7133c48-dbea-42f9-a0a5-e5985bebb1a0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB285"
source_hash: "b5dd3b58489cf104bd9b43c87444c5c417a4216b7883c81fe17b4194a844174c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 285 (19992000) — Health care coverage: medical advice services.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/04/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB285&version=19990AB28599INT)
2. **03/25/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB285&version=19990AB28598AMD)
3. **04/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB285&version=19990AB28597AMD)
4. **07/02/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB285&version=19990AB28596AMD)
5. **08/24/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB285&version=19990AB28595AMD)
6. **09/08/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB285&version=19990AB28594AMD)
7. **09/28/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB285&version=19990AB28592CHP)
8. **AB285** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB285)
9. **09/10/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB285&version=19990AB28593ENR)

## Votes

- AB 285 CORBETT CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Insurance. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB285 Corbett By Speier — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1999-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 535, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **1999-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 7. Page 4423.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **1999-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 3150.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-09-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-08-25** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-08-24** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended. `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-17** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-07-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-07-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2054.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-05-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-28** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **1999-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7133c48-dbea-42f9-a0a5-e5985bebb1a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).